What would this world be without all the characters?

Imagine Batman without the Joker, or the Penguin, or any of the other villains in the comics and movies. Or Superman without Lex Luthor, or those three individuals with equal powers to Superman but who broke bad in their spirit and wished harm and destruction upon Planet Earth? How utterly boring would that be? It was…

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What 5 year old Gabriel taught me about tenacity

August 2019, I drove my son Gabriel to visit my brother and his family in Kentucky. Dave has two sons, and they both get along really well with Gabriel. KY is a 12-13 hour drive from my home in Virginia Beach, so even getting an early start it’s a long, tiring day of driving. We…

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You’ll never get polished if you can’t stand the rub.

Recently my wife and I were having a discussion with a friend of ours about some of the challenges that we have encountered with her resident visa (which thankfully is finished processing and we’re getting ready to depart Vietnam and relocate to the United States permanently.) We were discussing some of the challenges that have…

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Rage Feeds a Revolution

A few Sunday thoughts for your consideration. Recently I began reading a book titled Revolutionary: George Washington at War. Now anyone who knows me knows that I am adamantly opposed to war in all its forms. But it doesn’t mean that we can’t learn from those who approve of it in one form or another.…

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